Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1949
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Westgate v. Westgate · Brookhouse v. Brookhouse · Chubb v. Chubb · Stratmann v. Stratmann · Ratcliffe v. Ratcliffe
Most-quoted passages
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““While we are not restricted by the findings of the circuit court, a divorce case on appeal being heard de novo, especial consideration is given to such findings, so largely based upon the credibility of the witnesses, and the reviewing court ought not to reverse the determination of the trial court in such a case, unless convinced that it must have reached a different conclusion had it occupied the position of the lower court, under like circumstances. Brookhouse v. Brookhouse, 286 Mich. 151 ; Stratmann v. Stratmann, 287 Mich. 94 ; Westgate v. Westgate, 291 Mich. 18 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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